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Publication date: 23 November 2010

US Financial Reform Law: key changes for non‐US advisers and certain investors in hedge and private equity funds

Anne Marie Godfrey, Thomas John Holton, Paul B. Raymond and Curtis Stefanak

The purpose of this paper is to to summarize Advisers Act registration implications for non‐US advisers that now rely on the “private adviser” exemption from Advisers Act…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to to summarize Advisers Act registration implications for non‐US advisers that now rely on the “private adviser” exemption from Advisers Act registration and to summarize the principal changes affecting investors in funds managed by non‐US advisers contained in the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper explains the elimination of the “private adviser” exemption and the creation of the narrower “foreign private adviser” and other exemptions from Adviser Act registration, reporting and recordkeeping requirements relating to private funds; the Dodd‐Frank Act's provisions for information sharing by the SEC and the confidentiality of private fund information; the “Volcker Rule's” limitation of investment by banking entities and non‐bank financial companies in hedge funds and private equity funds; changes in the definition of “accredited investor”; and the future adjustment of the “qualified client” test for inflation.

Findings

The Dodd‐Frank Act will require many investment advisers and fund managers with their principal offices and places of business outside the USA to register with the SEC and to observe, with respect to US clients, the full spectrum of SEC regulations that apply to registered investment advisers. The Act will also impose new disclosure and recordkeeping requirements on many non‐US advisers.

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Journal of Investment Compliance, vol. 11 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/15285811011098938
ISSN: 1528-5812

Keywords

  • Financial services
  • Regulation
  • Economic reform
  • Hedging
  • Investment funds

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Publication date: 23 November 2010

US financial reform law: key changes for private fund managers under the US Investment Advisers Act and changes to certain investor eligibility qualifications

Thomas John Holton, Paul B. Raymond and Curtis Stefanak

The purpose of this paper is to explain certain SEC and state registration, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements for US and non‐US investment advisers and fund…

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The purpose of this paper is to explain certain SEC and state registration, disclosure, and recordkeeping requirements for US and non‐US investment advisers and fund managers as defined in the Dodd‐Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper explains SEC and US state registration requirements; the elimination of the “private adviser” exemption; the creation of new, narrower adviser registration exemptions; reporting and recordkeeping requirements relating to private funds; information and confidentiality provisions for private funds; the SEC's authority to make rules and regulations defining technical, trade, and other terms used in the amendments set forth in the Act; provisions of the “Volcker Rule” concerning banking entities' ownership interests in hedge funds and private equity funds; the adjustment of the “qualified client” test for inflation; the definition of an “accredited investor”; and disqualifications from using Regulation D.

Findings

The Act will require many US and non‐US investment advisers and fund managers to register with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, particularly those advisers that have previously relied on the “private adviser” exemption from SEC registration, which has been eliminated by the Act. The Act will also impose new disclosure and recordkeeping requirements on many investment advisers, including some who are not required to register with the SEC.

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The paper provides expert guidance from experienced financial services lawyers.

Details

Journal of Investment Compliance, vol. 11 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/15285811011098929
ISSN: 1528-5812

Keywords

  • Financial services
  • Regulation
  • Economic reform

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Publication date: 23 November 2010

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Henry A. Davis

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Journal of Investment Compliance, vol. 11 no. 4
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/joic.2010.31311daa.001
ISSN: 1528-5812

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